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“Biden’s plan is a 14 percent tax hike on middle-class families; 82 percent of Americans would pay more.”
Voiceover Trump campaign. in a campaign ad. Claim dated 12 Oct 2020.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios

What Washington Post found

Both of the claims in this TV ad are patently false, relying on misinterpretation and outdated analysis

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Voiceover (Trump campaign) made this claim around 12 October 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 October 2020, 7 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.

Voiceover has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 7 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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